RANGELY I At a sentencing hearing on Feb. 6 at the Rio Blanco Courthouse and as a result of a plea bargain, 21-year-old Rangely resident Michael Miner was sentenced to nine years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the July 2014 rape of a 12-year-old Rangely girl.
Following emotional statements from the victim’s mother and stepfather, Deputy District Attorney Matthew Barrett reviewed the facts of the case. After the victim’s parents left her in…

